Chronic fatigue syndrome : [electronic resource] an integrative approach to evaluation and treatment / edited by Mark A. Demitrack, Susan E. Abbey ; foreword by Stephen E. Straus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical overview and evolution of contemporary definitions of chronic fatigue states / Mark A. Demitrack, Susan E. Abbey -- Idiopathic chronic fatigue : depressive symptoms and functional somatic complaints / Peter Manu, Thomas J. Lane, Dale A. Matthews -- Psychiatric diagnostic overlap in chronic fatigue syndrome / Susan E. Abbey -- The psychobiology of chronic fatigue : the central nervous system as a final common pathway / Mark A. Demitrack -- Neuropsychological assessment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome / Jordan Grafman -- Psychiatric assessment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome / Susan E. Abbey, Mark A. Demitrack -- Medical assessment of fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome / Anthony L. Komaroff, Laura Fagioli -- Psychotherapeutic perspectives on chronic fatigue syndrome / Susan E. Abbey -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome : why? / Simon C. Wessely -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome : how? / Michael C. Sharpe -- Psychopharmacological principles in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome / Mark A. Demitrack -- Medically oriented therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome and related conditions / N. Cary Engleberg.